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Article: Journalism and Mass Communication in Africa: Cameroon.(Book Review)
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- African Studies Quarterly
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- March 22, 2005
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Journalism and Mass Communication in Africa: Cameroon. Festus Eribo and Enoh Tanjong, eds. New York: Lexington Books, 2002. 168 pp.
Journalism and Mass Communication in Africa edited by Festus Eribo and Enoh Tanjong, locates its analysis of mass communication in Cameroon within a historical framework. It provides a "one-stop volume on mass communication in Cameroon" (vii) and its main objective is to explore the historical development of the mass communication in Cameroon from the colonial to post-colonial period. The book explicates the development of print and electronic media, the relationship between journalists and the empowerment of the people, the growth of ...